Critics say that Singapore needs to shift faster from building cheap but resource-intensive concrete structures towards more expensive construction techniques that use, say, more steel and glass.

批评者说，新加坡需要更快地从廉价且资源密集型的建筑模式向运用更昂贵的建筑技术转变，比如说，运用更多的钢铁和玻璃。

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Even under construction, the museum is impressive: a soaring structure of concrete and glass, wrapped around a large wooden form like the hull of an upturned ship.

博物馆依然在建，但已经给人留下深刻的印象：混凝土和玻璃构筑的冲天状结构，包裹着木质结构，其外壳好似一艘朝天空方向航行的大船。

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This abstraction is also translated into the construction of the project reflecting its simplicity through four materials that make up the entire assembly: Metal, concrete, wood and glass.

这种抽象化也转入项目的建造中，通过四种材料反映其简单性，这四种材料构成整个组装：金属、混凝土、木材和玻璃。

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